Icebreakers | Why are they the world’s toughest ships?

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  • Опубліковано 26 січ 2022
  • Icebreakers smash their way through thick ice, making them some of the toughest vessels out there.
    What does it take to achieve such an amazing feat?
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  • @nebulous962
    @nebulous962 2 роки тому +8

    The nuclear icebreaker is so cool! I want to visit it some day. 🙂

  • @loyaltyfam5060
    @loyaltyfam5060 Рік тому

    Here in Bothnia sea I meet a lot of Finnish and Swedish Ice breakers and they are so powerful. They are always waiting us to call them.

  • @constanttraveler
    @constanttraveler 2 роки тому +4

    It would be interesting to know how the ship can bust through 10ft thick ice in reverse but only 4.5 ft going forward

    • @yyyyy354
      @yyyyy354 2 роки тому +3

      During reverse, you ask some poor bloke to climb down and help chipping ice using pickaxe

    • @nebulous962
      @nebulous962 2 роки тому

      Maybe it has different gear ratio when it goes in reverse? I think that's fairly common in cars so maybe they do it with ships too. I think gear ratio is usually setup in a way were the vehicle moves slower when going in reverse and because of this the vehicle usually also has more torgue when going in reverse.

    • @nebulous962
      @nebulous962 2 роки тому

      And more torgue probably means that it could break thicker layer of ice. And now you might think that why wouldn't they want to have it setup so that it can break 10ft ice when going forward. And the answer is probably because it would be slower and time is money.

  • @AbdulAziz4CaNaDa
    @AbdulAziz4CaNaDa 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for the dating tips 😂

  • @morriskiguru432
    @morriskiguru432 2 роки тому

    The pun 'Bring up an icebraker in a conversation'

  • @atakama2380
    @atakama2380 2 роки тому +3

    why not going over ice with a hovercraft without breaking ?

    • @nebulous962
      @nebulous962 2 роки тому

      Interesting idea. 🙂 There is probably some reason why they haven't done this. Maybe it would be too much weight per m2 unless you make the hovercraft ridiculously long? 🤔

    • @catsozen
      @catsozen 2 роки тому

      I'm guessing with a ship you can carry more heavy duty stuff. Look at the cargo and crane and helipads.

    • @atakama2380
      @atakama2380 2 роки тому

      @@catsozen with nuclear icebreaker you have to bring a huge ship but with a ice hovercraft small weights, fast, more frequent travel also rational human travel seems possible , probably there are some limitations with them for to use in artic climate so we dont see them much

  • @factfulworld528
    @factfulworld528 2 роки тому

    Which app do you use to edit video?? Plss reply

  • @straightuntotruth
    @straightuntotruth 2 роки тому

    My conversation regarding this subject with a friend has led to a bizarre tangent- building a mechanism which would crash and destroy all the mental boundaries build by mankind in the name of creed, religion, race, etc. and it’s name is : friendSHIP.

  • @abbaszakir1551
    @abbaszakir1551 2 роки тому

    Ironically, titan sank due to the ice berg and now we are using ships to break ice 👉👈

  • @raheelbaber4648
    @raheelbaber4648 2 роки тому +1

    The conversation will lead to North Pole Sir...